Seasonal Fruit

We are learning about fruit and when it is in season. Using this table we can see the months of the year and when fruit is available. We will look in our lunch boxes and discuss what are imports and exports.

Marton Community Project

When Miss Young came to Read and Feed on a Monday and spoke about our Enviro - Schools topic she talked about two initiatives that happen in Marton (where she lives). 

Marton has a community garden where anyone can go and help out or contribute.

Fruit and vegies from this garden go to a wagon that is in the middle of town. People can also leave surplus fruit and vegies on the wagon. Anyone can help themselves to free fruit and vegies from this wagon.

Miss Young put surplus feijoas from her tree on the wagon for other people to enjoy.

Food Idioms

Everyday people use idioms to express themselves. Food idioms are very common. We have looked at 10 idioms that are used in our daily language and discussed what they mean. Some are very tricky to work out and others are easy.

My favourite is "bring home the bacon" - which means to earn money.
In my family I bring home the bacon. I work to get the money!

Food Containers For Storing Food

Food Containers to store food. 1. Look in your lunch box to see how food is stored or wrapped? Show and discuss e.g plastic containers like Tupperware, glad wrap,packaging etc 2. What is the container or wrap doing to the food? 3. What happens when food is left out without being stored or wrapped? Goes soft, stale etc 4. I then show some special purpose containers and we discuss these . If time - can they think of any others that they have at home?

From Plastic To Clothes

We have been learning about all the things that plastic bottles can be made into. Remember to recycle plastic and keep up the good work!

Composting With Plant To Plate

Room 7 made compost when we went to Room 2 and we have looked after it everyday. 

Today we  where able to make a new compost box, start some new compost and add our compost to the vegetable garden outside of Room 14.

Mid Year Brainstorm

During term 2 we had a big focus on our enviro-schools project. Children learnt lots about what wastage is and ways we can reduce the wastage. At the end of the term we decided that we wanted to keep going with our enviro schools but struggled to find time in a very busy timetable to include it in our week.
We liked the way we rotated around rooms during Read and Feed during book week. We thought we could adapt this idea and once a week on a Monday during Read and Feed teachers will rotate around the classes teaching/sharing/explaining ideas that can build on from what students have already learnt.

Mrs White will look at:

1. Food Idioms - what do you think these food sayings mean
2. Lunch Contracts - portion size/ likes and dislikes

Miss Young will look at:

1. Using Landfills
2. Don’t throw it out if it looks funny

Mrs Staddon will look at:

1. Food containers
2. Seasonal fruit

Miss Tanner will look at:

1. Landfill facts and what goes in them
2. Easy ways to reduce what goes into a landfill.

Watch this space to see what we get up to in Term 3....